CH 382

C382 – You Must Live

“Jean! Get the medical pod ready!”

On the way back to Mirai, I ask Jean to do so, following Feri’s advice that I should prepare the reception first.

“What’s going on? Someone’s hurt?”

“I’ll explain later!”

“All right. I’ll be ready.”

Once inside Mirai’s hangar, Feri’s pseudo-body begins to move. There is an effective distance for remote control of Feri’s pseudo body. It’s about 50 meters away from Arleo-2, where the main body is located. That’s why the pseudo body inevitably goes into rest mode when I go out, but this time, the moment Feri entered the effective range, she activated the pseudo body and rushed over to Jean, who was preparing the medical pod.

“Yuta! Destroy the capsule so it doesn’t hurt her.”

Feri makes a difficult request sound so easy. As I was hesitating how to destroy it, Kiyone, who came back with me, called out,

“I’ll do it. Yuta is a rough worker like father, so he’s not good at delicate work.”

We haven’t known each other that long, but I know her well. It’s true that Kiyone is more qualified for this kind of work.

Kiyone received the capsule with Kiku Ichimonji and stared at it to assess its structure. She then destroyed the capsule with a little bit of force so as not to break the cords or any part that was even slightly connected to the human body.

By the looks of it, it seems to have worked. Kiyone places the broken capsule on the floor of the hangar. Feri’s pseudo-body enters the broken capsule and removes the woman from the device.

“Jean! Help me carry her.”

“Oh, my!”

Jean, not knowing the details, was puzzled, but followed Feri’s words and helped carry the woman to the medical pod.

Nagisa and Linnecarlo who remained to escort Mirai also came back after realizing that the situation was not normal.

“What’s going on?”

“I’ll explain later. Right now, our first priority is to help her.”

Nagisa, who could read the air, didn’t ask any more questions. Linnecarlo also seemed to have seen the exchange and said nothing.

Jean and Feri politely place her in the med-pod. As they closed the pod, Feri looked at the med-pod’s instruments to check the situation. She shook her head, as if the readings were not good.

“Is she going to make it?”

“She’s on life support but saving her will be a different matter.”

“What do you mean?”

“Her mind and body have sustained damage beyond what is considered normal. The astral damage is particularly severe and it may be difficult for her to return to her normal state of mind.”

“How is that possible when she’s finally free from the painful situation……?”

“We will do our best. Fortunately, we are going to a place with advanced medical facilities. Maybe we can find a way to help her.”

Maybe she was trying to make me feel hopeful. Although I couldn’t see the expression on her pseudo body, I could sense the nuance of sad reality in her tone.

But even if hope is slim, there is still a chance if she stays alive. I looked at her lying in the capsule, she looked so innocent that I guessed she wasn’t that much older than me. I don’t know why she was in such a horrible situation, but I think she has the right to be happy for what she has been through.